# hpsc - Friday 8 April, 2022
# DAILY FIGURES
# DAILY FIGURES
The Department of Health announced the figures in a statement this afternoon.
# hpsc - Friday 18 February, 2022
# Flu
# Flu
The HPSC said flu activity “significantly increased” last week.
# hpsc - Thursday 25 November, 2021
# Winter Flu Season
# Winter Flu Season
No flu hospitalised or critical-care cases were notified during the past six weeks.
# hpsc - Friday 12 November, 2021
# Flu
# Flu
Cases of another common respiratory virus are on the rise.
# hpsc - Friday 5 November, 2021
# Flu
# Flu
The HPSC has not recorded any flu cases in the last week.
# hpsc - Thursday 28 October, 2021
# Influenza
The HSE recently launched its winter flu vaccine programme, with children aged 2-17 offered a flu nasal spray. Usually in Ireland, 200-500 people die from the flu each winter - but there were no recorded cases last year. The HPSC has said that global flu detections have increased in recent weeks, "albeit at low levels".
# hpsc - Friday 1 October, 2021
# Vaccines
# Vaccines
There have been 70 fully vaccinated people admitted to ICU with a breakthrough infection since April.
# hpsc - Sunday 18 July, 2021
# Syphilis
# Syphilis
The number of cases are exceeding those seen before the Covid-19 pandemic.
# hpsc - Wednesday 26 May, 2021
# Nursing Homes
# Nursing Homes
Community incidence rates near homes and the number of beds within homes were among the factors.
# hpsc - Friday 30 April, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The programme will measure the level of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater within 68 wastewater catchment areas.
# hpsc - Monday 21 December, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The HPSC is Ireland’s specialist agency for the surveillance of communicable diseases.
# hpsc - Friday 23 October, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
On day one of Level 5 let’s look at the spread of Covid-19 in Ireland – and how the data compares with last week.
# hpsc - Thursday 15 October, 2020
# HPSC
# HPSC
The HPSC published its latest report on outbreaks and clusters in Ireland this morning.
# hpsc - Sunday 27 September, 2020
# HSE
# HSE
Data from the UK suggests that BAME healthcare workers were more likely to die from Covid-19.
# hpsc - Friday 18 September, 2020
# Dublin
# Dublin
The industry has said that few cases are linked to pubs and restaurants but international studies suggest dining out could be a factor in the spread of the disease.
# hpsc - Tuesday 15 September, 2020
# 14-DAY INCIDENCE
# 14-DAY INCIDENCE
Dublin – which has seen a spike in cases since late August – is highest at 89.1 while Sligo is the lowest at 3.1 per 100,000.
# hpsc - Saturday 12 September, 2020
# Flu Season
# Flu Season
Rates of healthcare worker vaccine uptake, particularly in nursing homes, remain low.
# hpsc - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The total number of workplace outbreaks is 85, including 31 in meat processing plants.
# hpsc - Tuesday 8 September, 2020
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
In the video, Ben Gilroy makes a number of false and misleading claims about coronavirus and suicide in Ireland.
# Misinformation
# Misinformation
A widely shared Facebook video incorrectly claims that 100 people, not 1,777, have died because of the virus in Ireland.
# hpsc - Thursday 2 July, 2020
# New Guidelines
# New Guidelines
Teachers’ unions will appear before the Dáil’s Covid-19 committee today.
# hpsc - Monday 1 June, 2020
# HSE
# HSE
Guidance regarding immunity and healthcare workers was compiled by the HSE.
# hpsc - Wednesday 20 May, 2020
# HPSC
# HPSC
The latest county-by-county breakdown shows Leitrim, Sligo, Waterford and Carlow have the least amount of cases.
# hpsc - Monday 6 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan confirmed the increase in clusters this evening.
# hpsc - Sunday 5 April, 2020
# Outbreaks
# Outbreaks
This number of clusters rose by ten in the space of one day, according to data from the HPSC .
# hpsc - Saturday 4 April, 2020
# HPSC
# HPSC
Figures correct as of midnight on Wednesday were released this morning by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
# hpsc - Friday 3 April, 2020
# Outbreak
# Outbreak
Nursing homes now account for 23.8% of Covid-19 clusters in the country.
# hpsc - Wednesday 1 April, 2020
# Data Breakdown
# Data Breakdown
That’s according to the latest data by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.
# hpsc - Thursday 26 March, 2020
# HPSC
# HPSC
Three children under the age of one have contracted the virus so far.
# hpsc - Friday 25 October, 2019
# Mumps
# Mumps
In September, Health Protection Surveillance Centre was notified of 69 cases of mumps.
# hpsc - Monday 4 March, 2019
# Vaccine
# Vaccine
There have been five cases since the start of February.
# hpsc - Friday 16 November, 2018
# Safe Sex
# Safe Sex
A total of 11,078 STI diagnoses have been reported so far this year.
# hpsc - Saturday 7 January, 2017
# Warning
# Warning
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre said 341 people were admitted to hospital for flu in the last two weeks of 2016.
# hpsc - Friday 16 January, 2015
# Achoo
# Achoo
Yesterday the HSE warned that flu rates are on the rise.
# hpsc - Friday 17 October, 2014
# If And When
# If And When
Plans are in place for a number of different scenarios.
# hpsc - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
# Infected
# Infected
Two cases have been confirmed at NUI Galway in the first cases in the country so far this year.
# hpsc - Friday 14 February, 2014
# Warning
# Warning
The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre has said the number of influenza-like illnesses has increased over the past week.
# hpsc - Saturday 17 August, 2013
# HIV
# HIV
The research in the Irish Medical Journal found many of the children’s illnesses were diagnosed at an advanced stage.
# hpsc - Friday 9 August, 2013
# Leprosy
# Leprosy
A male foreign national had a occurrence of the disease which he had contracted in a foreign country and has been treated in a north-east hospital.
# hpsc - Saturday 8 June, 2013
# HIV Stats
# HIV Stats
New statistics show that the number of people with HIV in Ireland rose last year for the first time in four years.
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